- Older brother of producer/actor's agent Freddie Fields.
- Popular band leader of the 1930s and '40s, best known for his "Rippling Rhythm" trademark, which featured Fields blowing bubbles into a bowl of water at the beginning of every song and a good deal of wood-block playing by the band's drummer. In that regard, Fields' style was something of a predecessor to Lawrence Welk's "Champagne Music" style.
- Ex-brother-in-law of Polly Bergen and Edith Fellows.
- Brother-in-law of Corinna Tsopei.
- Uncle of Kathy Fields.
- Granduncle of Natalie Lander.
- Led his first band while still at university.
- Fields tried to change his style in the early 1940s, when he formed Shep Fields and His New Music, a band comprised entirely of reed instruments. The experiment was not a success and his popularity declined by 1947, resulting in a return to his 'rippling style'.
- Became a disc jockey in Houston, Texas, in 1955.
- Toured with the dance team of Veloz & Yolanda during the mid-1930s.
- Had a major hit with "Did I Remember" for Bluebird Records in 1936.
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